LE

Lord Ahmed will serve half of his sentence in jail and half on licence. He was also banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay Â£500 prosecution costs.

Outside court Lord Ahmed's solicitor, Steve Smith, said he thought his client had been used as a "scapegoat" by those attempting to drive home the message about not using a mobile phone while at the wheel.

They can prove that he wasn't actually texting at the time of impact but they cannot prove that he wasn't reading a text at the time of the accident. Wilkies statement is a dangerous conclusion and in turn allows the charge to be reduced from Death by Dangerous Driving to Dangerous Driving. The result is still 1 x dead person.

I sincerely hope that Ahmeds short stay in pokey allows him to become someone's 'biacth' and his hoop gets stretched over his forehead.

It will be interesting to see the penalties layed down on mere mortals for similar offences in the future.

LE

Apparently he wasn't texting AT THE EXACT MOMENT of impact, rather the police checked his phone and found that he had been texting numerous times a few minutes earlier, which if correct would mean that it had no direct bearing on the accident.

LE

Apparently he wasn't texting AT THE EXACT MOMENT of impact, rather the police checked his phone and found that he had been texting numerous times a few minutes earlier, which if correct would mean that it had no direct bearing on the accident.

LE

Apparently he wasn't texting AT THE EXACT MOMENT of impact, rather the police checked his phone and found that he had been texting numerous times a few minutes earlier, which if correct would mean that it had no direct bearing on the accident.